CSRHA Summer Webinars: Telehealth and HIT
Please RSVP to Shannon Means to attend one or more of these seminars!

Telehealth Emerging Opportunities
June 29, 2009
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

In partnership with the California Telemedicine &
eHealth Center (CTEC) and the California State Office of Rural Health (CaSORH)

The landscape for telemedicine is expanding rapidly.  Many new opportunities will become available in the near future to begin or expand telehealth programs in rural areas.  This webinar will inform organizations interested in beginning telehealth of the benefits associated.  New and existing programs can get the latest information on emerging opportunities for funding and development.

Topics will include:

  • Importance of telehealth for rural communities                       
  • Emerging Opportunities for program funding and development                                       
  • Mobilizing around immediate opportunities
  • Important factors in starting a program

Speakers:

  • Christine Martin, Executive Director, California Telemedicine & eHealth Center
  • Desiree Rose, Executive Director, California State Rural Health Association
  • Gail Nickerson, Director, Clinic Services, Adventist Health; President, California Association of Rural Health Clinics

 

State Efforts and Resources to Help You Apply for Stimulus Funding
July 6, 2009
11: 00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

In partnership with the California Health & Human Services Agency (CHHSA)

The State of California is leading a broad-based effort to develop a health information exchange plan to position California to successfully compete for Federal funds under ARRA. Receive an update on the State’s process and get your questions answered by the State’s HIE point person.

Find out the latest information about what types of resources are available to assist rural health organizations in applying for health information technology funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Speakers:

  • Earl W. Ferguson, MD, PhD, Director, Telemedicine, Outreach and Rural Healthcare Development, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital; Chair, CSRHA Rural Technical Advisory Committee
  • Speranza Avram, HIT consultant
  • Jonah Frolich, Deputy Secretary, Health Information Technology, California Health & Human Services Agency

IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING ONE OF FOUR (4) WORKGROUPS WHO WILL SHAPE THE STATE’S HIT PLAN, PLEASE SIGN-UP NO LATER THAN JUNE 30 BY SENDING AN E-MAIL TO:HIE@CHHS.CA.GOV

AND IDENTIFY WHICH WORKGROUP(S) YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN: Health IT Extension Centers; EHR Loan Fund; Workforce Training & Development; Technology Research & Development.  More information about these workgroups can be found here:WWW.HIE.CA.GOV

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